>> good morning. i am heather childers. >> i am health e nauert. hope you had a good weekend. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> this morning a week of pretrial hearings begins at gitmo for the self professed mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed and 4 of his conspirators. there's an argument whether they

have the right to hear what happened to the man and whether the u.s. constitution applies at gitmo. all five of the terrorists are expected to attend in person. despite it being closed to the public relatives who lost loved ones can watch the trials at u.s. military sites. now to an extreme weather alert, severe thunderstorms in chicago prompting tornado warnings through out the city. >> you can certainly hear the vines going off in the background. wind gusts clocking in at 50 miles per hour. take a look at this. it's time lapsed video. it shows the storm as it rolls right through one neighborhood. that is spectacular looking. fortunately no reports of major damage or any injuries. a california man head to do the 49ers game with a group of

friend was stabbed outside of candle stick park. >> an altercation happened and pulled out a knife and actually was going for my girlfriend and her boyfriend jumped in the way and they stabbed him in the abdomen. >> police say the group was approached by two men that got into an argument and one of the attackers allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the man. they were arrested a short time later. the victim was rushed to the hospital expected to survive. this isn't the first at candle stick park. another was shot during a raiders 49ers foot gaulle ball game. man accused of killing a student heads to court. he is set to be arraigned in the death of lindsay marriott. her body hasn't been found. she disappeared nearly one week ago. police stopped looking near pierce island yesterday because of dangerous current.

they are expect to do announce the next step of the search that should happen later today. >> scary moments for passengers on a u.s. airways flight. the pilot announcing there was a crack in the plane's windshield. >> we didn't know how bad the crack was until we touched down and the pilot came out. he look add little shook up. >> take a look at just how bad the crack waulz despite the damage. we will show it in just a second. the plane landed safely. the cabin never lost pressure. neither the crew nor the 119 passengers on board hurt. another plane was sent to take the passengers to phoenix. that can be catastrophic that kind of crack. that is your 5@5:00. >> there's more fallout to the white house response to the benghazi terror attack. the administration still defending its actions. kelly wright live in washington with the latest. good morning, kelly.

>> good morning to you, as well. the obama administration continues to draw fire over the ter re terrorist attacks in zin libya. they blamed a spontaneous demonstration over an anti muslim film for that attack. investigation acknowledged it was a terrorist attack. four people were killed including ambassador christopher stevens and shawn smith. smith's mother told fox news she had a hard time getting any information on how her son was killed. >> leon pineda shook his hands to my face and said, trust me, i will tell you the truth. i will get the right information to you. just trust me. and when i heard that i knew i couldn't trust him. i don't trust any of them any more. they lied. >> during last week's debate he

defended them saying they were unaware of a request for adding more security on the ground. they claim the president bung elled the operation. some republicans are suggesting the obama administration is involved in a cover up. >> either they are misleading the american people or incredibly incompetent. you couldn't believe it was based on a riot that never occurred. >> at the top levels the united states is responsible for everything that happens on his watch. these were judgments that were made by the security folks at the state department. we are going to review that whole process and see how that decision was made why those decisions are made and how we adjust in the future to make sure we are giving diplomats the

maximum protection we can. the senate has launched a bipartisan probe of the attack and the administration's response. heather? >> kelly, thanks very much. moving on to the presidential race and a look at who is talking. the second debate against president obama and mitt romney will take place tomorrow night at long island new york. the president faces criticism after the first debate for what many said was a poor performance. >> following that show down mitt romney saw a surge in the polls as we are seeing right now. the talk show circuit both campaigns are out in full force talking about the strategies ahead of the debate. previewing what will be a more aggressive approach. listen here. >> i think the president nobody is a harsher critic than

himself. he viewed the tape. he will make adjustments on tuesday. i am not going to get into detail about strategic changes that he might make. i encourage you to watch and show up. i think it will be an interesting debate. he will be aggressive in making the case for his view of where we should go as a country in a country that is built around a growing, thriving middle class for t not this top down theory romney has. the debate preparation for mitt romney is talking this morning. he expects the president to take a tougher approach tomorrow. >> i think president obama is going to come out swinging he is going to compensate for a first debate. that's what they are doing for the whole campaign which is running an ad campaign hundreds of millions of dollars including a lot in ohio miss characterizing governor romney's positions and misrepresenting him. that's the debate on tuesday

night. >> be sure to keep it right here on fox for all of your debate coverage tomorrow night which starts at 8:55 p.m. with megan kelly and bret baier. >> he was the long ers serving senator and he butted heads with both. he died yesterday after fighting a long battle with cancer. marianne rafferty has more. arlon specter is going remembered as someone who never stopped fighting over coming two previous battles with cancer a brain tumor and surviving cardiac arrest. his career began in the 1960s as assistant district attorney then he was elected district attorney. he was elected to the senate in 1980. he was serve five terms. he took place in 14 confirmation hearings. he helped democrats successfully

oppose bourque in 97 enraging conservatives. he was one of three to vote for president obama's stimulus plan. spector shocked colleagues by leaving the republican party. he also cast a key vote in favor of obama care. despite the bold backing of the white house he would lose in the democratic primary. >> it has been a great privilege to have a voice for the last oh 30 years ain the great decision of our day. >> tributes pouring in including from the man who beat specter. >> my daughter was struck with brain cancer at the age of 4. it was a study that hadn't been completed there they gave her the right chemotherapy now she is 11 years old going on 22 because of arlen specter. >> he was one of the giants you can mention him in the same breath as ted kennedy. >> specter served his country

with integrity. president obama says he was a fighter whose toughness and determination helped him earn others. arlen specter was 82 years old. time for your dpooirgs weather update with maria molina. we saw the video earlier from chicago as the severe storms that rolled through there that was dramatic. that storm system did produce a lot of severe weather over the weekend across portions of the central plains on sunday second half of the weekend because they had reports of wind gusts even delays at chicago airport even an hour at the time. that system will be producing a system northeast down to the parts of southeast. 40s across parts of the midwest. with portions of the midwest will be seeing temperatures more than 10 degrees above average

during the afternoon hours. do enjoy that. that will be changing as we head into the latter half of the workweek. showers and storms across portions of the northeast down into parts of the southeast. heavier downpours across eastern portions of tennessee down in northern portions of georgia another front through portions of the northwest. we will see a third one coming up later tonight into the northwest. >> the time now is 11 after the top of the hour. last month's drop may have been an anomaly apparently. top economists issuing a bleak warning for the remainder of the year. >> lost luggage, delayed flights some of the main need aches that come with these days. we will tell you what the number one issue is that gets a business traveler's blood boiling. we will have more coming

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>> it is quarter after the hour. here's what you missed while you were sleeping. no sign of two hikers who were missing at glacier national park in indiana. crews found tracks and a fire pit that was believed to have belonged to the pair. the men were reported missing on friday. yesterday's search was cut short due to bad water. 15 people died in the outbreak all of them injected with a tainted steroid shot made at a massachusetts compound and pharmacy. several states are investigating that pharmacy's practices. ladies let's head over to you.

>> now to stories you can bank on this morning. a group of leading economists issuing a warning about the nation's unemployment. it's not what job seekers want to hear. joining us with those details lauren simonetti from the fox business network thank you for joining us. the national association for business economics came out with a survey every quarter. they are only slightly optimistic. they will rise 1.9 percent this year and won't get back until the end of next year. stocks will rise but modestly. they see the broad s&p 500 in 1950 where is the good news? in the housing market recovering faster than expected which is what they say. >> not good news for peel on social security. >> those who get social security

benefits expect a 1-2 percent increase during the year. it will be the smallest one since 1965. starting in january that will go up anywhere between 12 and 24 bucks. >> let's end it on some good news. they had a hard time looking for a job. their unemployment rates are low. >> general electric is expected to announce a program today to spur hiring of military veterans. a group of 76 companies set a goal to hire 100,000 veterans at the end of 2020. they are moving in the right direction. still have a long way to go. unemployment is 9.7 percent the national average. >> but every job counts. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. see you on the business channel.

17 minutes after the hour. time to brew on this. here is today's topic. traveling for work it turns out it could be bad for your health. there is new research out there that breaks down what causes the most stress to business travelers. that stress could lead to health problems. try telling your boss that one. at the top of the list lost or delayed luggage. not far behind is having an internet connection and having a bad seat on a long flight. what stresses you out the most while traveling. send you tell your comments at fox friends first or send us an e-mail at fox frie friendsfirst@foxnews.com. if you think the u.s. is falling over the fiscal cliff and it won't affect your household you better think about that one again. it will effect your home your car including your jobs.

she sat out this election season but sarah palin is she set for another run in the white house? you will hear from her coming up next. >> prices at the pump this morning the national average is 3.79 a gallon. that's for regular.

>> 22 after the top of the hour. take a good look at this women. florida police say she is posing as a nurse and stealing from nursing homes. she allegedly stole a 92-year-old patient's credit card and spent $600 at the apple store then tried to charge another 4,000 dollars at target. police think that there are other victims, too.

>> turns out a bomb threat was all a joke. police not finding it funny, though. not at all. they raised a man who claimed he had a bomb in his luggage and he is now facing charges. the hopes the main terminal to be evacuated for three hours. the deadline is fast approaching to that fiscal cliff that we have told you a lot about. that's when almost every tax break that has taken place since 2001 would expire on january 1st, 2013. what a lot of us don't realize once it it won't just impact your businesses it will put your homes your cars eventually even your jobs in jeopardy. a lot of americans aren't following this issue yet. our viewers certainly are but a lot of others are not. it's important. explain some of the ways it will effect us. >> they are not following it. we have heard of it. what you have heard so far we

have had a fiscal cliff and they were averted by the end of the year december 31st at midnight. 90 percent of us the tax policy center estimates we will see our taxes go up in some sort. in fact it has been estimated that every household in the united states will see their taxes go up by $3,500 next year. so when you talk about your cars and your home and your jobs on the line they certainly will be if we do indeed see these tax cuts expire, spending cuts go into place, businesses have been warning heather that they will eliminate workers cut back spending and that will effect all of us. we have already seen the results. the delay has an opportunity cost to it that businesses aren't expanding right now because they don't know what's going to happen. >> what's interesting is while businesses are sort of buckling and tienting the reigns the

consumer doesn't seem to be phased this at all. in fact we decided in october confidence they don't see this as something that's going to effect them or something that is actually going to happen when the elections will be a selling tyne as to when they will face that. >> there's a legality fatigue. >> everybody is ready to spend again. >> do you think there are going to come to some sort of terms on this prior to january 1st? >> right now it is said to be likely that congress will come to some sort of terms but not on everything. some of us will be averted we will be affected. you will see taxes go up by 2 percent. in total if we were to see this fiscal cliff happen the congressional budget office this will be a tax increase. >> for all americans. we are talking about potentially

2 million jobs lost. >> it is 25 minutes past the hour coming up fox's chris wallace looking for answers over the attacks on the consulate in libya. >> this is the first u.s. ambassador killed since 1969 she gave the american people a story that turned out not to be true. >> we will have david axle rod coming up later on. the moderator speaking out about the candidate's debate last night what she's saying about joe biden's behavior that's coming up next. first on this day in history get this the firps sewed of i love lucy aired 1951. we will be right back.

>> good morning. welcome back to "fox & friends first". >> i am heather nauert. it is half past the top of the hour. it is time for your 5@5:30. top five stories making news at this hour. admitting what many of us already know about joe biden. >> thank heavens we had the sanctioning in place in spite of the opposition. >> the vice presidential debate

moderator commenting on his debate tperformance saying he ws quote too big. it is clear biden was acting like he was at a campaign event. >> that's one way to put it. >> a collision for two navy vessels. it collided off the east coast during training exercises. no one was hurt. both ships are based in another foal am virginia. they are back in court after they investigate what happened. who knows. maybe we will find out. student government meantime vote to go kick a chicago fillet restaurant off campus. they claim the fast food chain president violates the nondiscrimination policy. he would not be the first school in the state to cut ties in response to the stand on

same-sex marriage. the final decision on the proposed ban will be made by school administrators. >> she didn't throw her hat in the ring this time around but sarah palin, is she considering a future run for president of the united states? >> we have a good track record having served in the past local state level of government engaging in the relentless reform cleanup ethics and reign in the growth element. >> palin says while she think abouts running for office again we will see now what the future will hold. asked if she would consider an all female ticket? palin said quote, wouldn't that be cool. long streets of los angeles space shuttle endeavor runs to the final home at the space museum. the shuttle logged 123 million miles in space. but the 12 mile journey took

much longer than expected. arriving 17 minutes behind schedule. the public will see it once again when it goes on display. >> president obama and mitt romney making the finaling preparations for the second debate. doug luzader is live from washington with more. good morning. this gives you a sense at what's at stake in the second debate. this is a politics average of polls. the course of the year going back into late last year. you see a clear obama lead after the first president shea deial . they came at the luxury resort bringing pizza to a local campaign office. obama campaign officials say we are going to see a much different debate performance

this time around. >> you see a poresful passionate energetic tone that demonstrates the choice we have in front of us. obviously the president is going to be respectful. the most important thing is to talk directly to the undecided voters asking these questions and give them the answer they deserve on what's most impacting their lives. romney is preparing for the debate. he and his wife ann were in church yesterday. they are preparing for an gracive style. >> i think the wind is at governor romney's back. you can see it on the trail you can see it in the data. but the country is pretty evenly divided. >> the tone of this debate

tomorrow may be fairly different than the one we saw two weeks ago. the one tomorrow night will be at the town hall format. both will have to connect directly with the voters there right in front of them asking them questions. back to you guys. thank you so much. moving on to the september 11th attack on our libya's consulate. the white house is continuing to face a lot of serious backlash over the handling of that. the ongoing investigation sparked a series of questions over whether or not this could all have been prevented. the state department is accused of failing to provide adequate security. many suggesting the obama administration tried to cover up the truth. yesterday host chris wallace confronted a senior campaign advisor david axle rodd about this which led to this fiery exchange. >> i would point to the fact that in bloomberg news chris

steven's dad said he regretted people were trying to exploit this issue. we ought to allow this investigation to run and get to the bottom of it and make adjustments that are necessary. >> david, wait a minute. this is the first u.s. ambassador that has been killed since 1979. susan wright came on this show and five others and gave the american people the story that turned out not to be true you are saying we shouldn't discuss this we should wait until the investigation is completed. >> chris calm down that's obviously not what i am saying. >> you said we should follow the lead of -- >> i am happy to discuss it with you. i do think it is worthy of discussion. it's not just me who attacked

him for the way he handled this. he was criticized people from right to left the republican establishment and democratic establishment for the way he -- (talking over one another) >> mitt romney criticized the president's handling of that attack saying it's more evidence of a failing foreign policy on the part of the obama administration. >> before you leave the house this morning tum to get the first degree weather update on severe weather. >> good morning everyone. after seeing portions of the plains in the midwest we kickoff the workweek into the mid atlantic into parts of north carolina. possibility of torontos even heavier downpours with some of the storms.

keep that in mind. we have it over portions of the north east and southeast otherwise high temperatures. heather and heather we are talking about temperatures above average across portions of the midwest. a little on the cool side. today is a little balmy tomorrow you will notice cooler weather heading our way. >> it is time russell crowe and his wife are separating. the hectic film schedule is at the root of the split. the couple has two children together. >> do you remember this guy? >> the actor's real name best for his known as carlton on prince of bellaire tied the knot. he got married in california over the weekend. congrats to the happy couple.

>> taking two holds on to the top spot at the box office this weekend bringing in 22 and a half million dollars giving it a run for its money but not quite in the top spot. the political thriller debuted at $20 million. >> i still do the crawl when i am out dancing. he will tell me not to all of the time. >> time now for your starting lineup. a roundup of all of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. the texans we begin there. the pack tore was pounding to hand them the fist loss of the season. tieing a franchise record with 6 touchdown passes. now to the falcons. now the last unbeaten team in the nfl. atlanta escaping with a 23-20 win with the rareds. thanks to a field goal with one

second left. cardinals not wasting any time. they held off a late rally to win 6-4. game two is tonight. the first playoff without derek jeter. the tigers beat the yankees 3-0 to take a 2-0 lead in the alcs. game three with that one tomorrow night. it is 40 minutes after the hour. a fireworks spectacular turning into a real nightmare. 100 injured after this display turns horribly wrong. >> targeting seniors could be emptying their bank account. that is up next. i'm so glad you called. thank you.

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>> span the hour to see what headlines are making stories overseas. >> look at that right there. dramatic video from rebels apparently showing them shooting down a government plane. you can see that plane falling from the sky. another video claims to show captured soldiers. we will keep you posted on that. next to italy where the captain accused of causing a deadly crash heads to court today. a judge will decide if there's enough evidence to indict francisco on charges including manslaughter. two americans were among the 32 people killed in that crash. finally in china still no word on what caused the fireworks show to turn into a real nightmare for spectators.

more than 100 people were hurt after fireworks shot into the crowd of thousands of people. heather? >> well this morning the self proclaimed mastermind of the september 11th attacks and four co spon spur tors are at gitmo paving the way to their trial. wnyw reporter tie hernandez is reporting live from port henned elton in brooklyn, new york. this >> this is a court day 11 years in the making the ladies and gentlemened and self proclaimed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks khalid shaikh mohammed and four of his co conspirators will begin the trial with pretrial motion. there are about 25 motions that have to be gone through before the actual trial can begin. at the heart of it is if and how

much classified information if any at all can be used in this case. of course some of the information will inevitably leak out publicly. the hearings are not open to the public. they are going to get a chance to watch right here in brooklyn new york fort hamilton base as well as the base in new jersey and in maryland and massachusetts. 9 crowds are expected to be on the small side. they will go over the pretrial motions they are expected to last five days with the actual trial not beginning until may. you can remember back in last may the arraignment took about 13 hours to complete. there were a lot of disruptions from the defendants themselves. there will be a 40 second delay to make sure it doesn't happen again.

for the latest here let's take it back to you. >> tie hernandez reporting live for us. thank you. 46 after the top of the hour. a friendly gesture from your boss could mean you are not on your way to the top. >> it's your last day to answer our question of the day. we want to know what stresses you out the most about traveling? specifically airline travel. we will read your e-mails next. >> let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends". hi there, steve. >> coming up on this monday edition of fox and friends the grandson of reverend billy graham will be joining us live. >> donald trump and dana perino want to talk about the news of the day. chris o'donnell you know him from the shoot em up show he will be dropping by. talking about the flu shot. the man known as the human calculator will be right here. we are going to put him to the test along with a group of puppies with ties around ground zero who have been hand picked.

fox and friends for this very buzz sglae monday starts in 12 minutes.

>> welcome back. about 9 minutes to the top of the hour. more people will be headed to the polls thanks to on-line voter registration. reports say the amount of registered voters have sky rocketed over 400,000 people have signed up a in california

line. >> getting a smile out of your boss you would think that was a good thing. people who feel powerful smile at people below them. they will not smile at important people because they view them as a threat. on the other hand people who are powerless smile at everyone equally. what do you think about that? >> i think that is a dopey study. here is one for the history books. fearless baumgartner breaking the sound barrier plunging back down at supersonic speeds. on the same day chuck yager was the first to break the sound barrier on an airplane.

we have more. his as sent 24 miles up into the strat to us fear took about 2 and a half hours but descent lasted over 9 minutes about half of it in free fall. whiendz and anticipation had been building around the world. just before jumping wearing a next generation full pressureized suit he expressed concern his astronaut helmet was not heating properly. he took a leap from a tiny shelf outside of an acrylic capsule carried up by an ultra thin balloon. baumgartner also met his goal of breaking the speed of sound. the international federation of sports aviation said he reached a maximum of miles per hour.

he landed in the desert. best known for leaping off sky skrarps his mother, father and girlfrie girlfriend breathed sighs of relief. there are travels offering ways for astronauts to safely escape if problems arise while in space. in new york. anna kooiman fox news. >> part of what is neat about this is astronauts might be able to learn something from the suits. nasa might. >> i can't image what that would do to your body inside. >> let's go to the brew on this responses of the day. earlier we asked you about a new study that says traveling for work could be bad for your health. there is new research that breaks down what causes the most stress to business travelers. that stress can lead to health problems later on. at the top of the list lost or delayed luggage. >> we are not talking about traveling like baumgartner just said. we want to know what stresses

you out the most about traveling. here are some of your responses. jean says long lines high prices for everything at the airport and the tiny cramped seats on the plane. >> getting through security stresses him out the most. >> james says most of the stress at the airports are brought in by fellow passengers. too many people have unrealistic expectations a lot of baggage beyond an over stuffed carry on. thank you to everyone who responded and keep your comments coming. >> i don't like the rules that keep changing. can never keep it all straight. >> 5 minutes before the hour now. >> this report getting an unexpected surprise for this reporter while covering one of the football games. something tells me he was not the intended receiver. >> can you figure out what our word of the day is? ouch. that's not the word of the day. >> we will be right back.

>> welcome back. two minutes until the top of

the hour. up first the good. happen homecoming for 70 national guard soldiers in washington d.c.. [applause] the 270rd spent months in afghanistan and get to tend time with family and friends before going back to the unit. >> and next the bad. a new scam put thousands of social security recipients at risk. they tell them they won the sweepstakes and the scammers ask for the checks to be put in a different account. and finally the ugly. >> look a